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54. Thinly Veiled
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I Reject You, Mate 55. Zephyr
ZephyrNails dig into wet soil, uprooting plants and flowers. Flowers I planted over the years, tending to them like they were the children I couldn't have after Rune.I look at my fingers. There's dirt in my nails and mud coating my palms. My nose scrunches up. How unbecoming of a queen.Unbecoming? The thought rips laughter from my throat. Before Fenrir, I was the carefree daughter of a Lord. I would roil in dirt for days, doing nothing but gardening.I had siblings but I wasn't like them. I was kind and naive, looking at life as nothing weighty or serious.Fenrir, he taught me how to be queen, even before my coronation. We would spend days and nights, past the curfew, reading scroll after scroll. He would watch me with keen eyes as I read and practiced for the duties and responsibilities that came with being his wife.And when I dozed off on the library's table, he would wake me with soft kisses on my neck. I would wake up with a hunger I didn't understand, and I would want
I Reject You, Mate 56. Agony
Gin"He should've told me!" Eliana screams, throwing the drugged wine bottle into the wall. It shatters, glass and wine splattering everywhere.She's having a meltdown when it happens. I hear it first, the whirring sound on the roof. My brows furrow at the thud that follows. Helicopter? Everyone has gone still, and Eliana's eyes dart about wildly. Feet hit the ground frantically and there are growls and groans. Ezra does a flip in me and she howls excitedly. I would too, but I can't move. He's here. I can smell him. The spice and citrus-y scent. My stomach falls and my heart takes off in a dangerous flight.Eliana looks at me then and I try to grin, just as someone storms into the hall, panting. "We're leaving now. Boss's orders!"The next few minutes are the longest in my life, yet, I can't exactly narrate it. Perhaps, it's the drug in my system and the fatigue that drains me faster than I can help.My bed is suddenly in motion, pushed by unseen hands. I blink, and Eliana c
I Reject You, Mate 57. House Arrest
SinclairStaring at the skies, I watch the burning building, the smoke from the fire drift higher and higher, dissipating once it reaches the skies. Once, someone had told me that revenge consumed and left nothing but ashes behind. An emptiness and a hollow that could never be filled. She had been wrong. Satisfying couldn't quite cut it. I feel much lighter than I have since Danika died. A weight has been pulled off my chest and I smile truly, licking off Eliana's sickly blood from my lips.Her brown eyes had widened with fear, and she had screamed. I had laughed at the sound of it. Sable had chuckled, a predator who had finally gotten his hands on his prey.I let him take over. Letting Naomi take Ginevra from here had been to prevent her from seeing it. It was nothing she could stomach. What I did to Eliana. The depravity of it. There was not much left of her. Sable tore her apart, slowly, delicately, skillfully. She had screamed. For a damn long time. Sinclair, pl
I Reject You, Mate 58. Sleepover
GinI kick my foot up on the wall, staring at the high ceilings in Naomi's villa as I lay on my back. Did I forget to mention that Sinclair has friends that are just as rich as he is?"Why date one when I can have all?" Naomi muses as Ray interrogates her. "Keeping all of this greatness to one man is unfair. Don't you think?"Ray rolls her eyes, her fingers doing wonders with my hair as she braids it. "You don't wanna get married? Have 'em kids running around?" Naomi makes a face, her blue eyes shinning with mirth. "Non," she says in a perfect French accent. "There's not one man or woman that can handle all of me. So, I need more than one.""Girl," Ray mutters, yanking on my hair strands. "You are cray cray.""You're one to talk," I say, a throaty sound jumping to my throat as her nails scrape along my scalp, soothing an itch. "You and Ethan--"She pulls hard on my hair purposely. "Not having that conversation with you. Never said I was gonna marry him. And if you think I
I Reject You, Mate 59. Child Support
GinFor the days leading up to duel, Sinclair doesn't let me out of his sight. Not even for a second.I return to my job as his PA, just because he wants to watch me all day long. I receive a pay check at the end of each day, with rather creative descriptions. Yesterday's was, For giving Sable a run for his money. And the day before that had been, For being the best assistant in the whole world.I don't protest, not that I particularly need the money anyway. He feeds me, clothes me, has only best stylists waiting down in his apartment every morning to prep me for the paparazzi. For him. My phone beeps and I pause in my scribbling, dropping the stylus beside the tablet. I raise my phone and my lips part into a grin as I see the alert and it's description. For looking so delicious in that dress. Where do you want to go today, my Genie? Genie? I laugh, chuckle, momentarily forgetting the stack of paperwork. I lean back in my chair and type my response. You're
I Reject You, Mate 60. May
GinMy thoughts weigh heavily on me as I watch the city skyline recede. I have not breathed a word of what I found, and I'm not quite sure how to broach the subject.It was way before we met, I suppose, if his children are all grown up now. His children...Goddess. My stomach plummets to the floor again and my throat tightens. The ring on my finger feels like a weight, and I feel sick to my stomach.Why did he keep this hidden? We're getting married. How could he not tell me something as important as this? We haven't spoken or made plans around it yet, the marriage--my fault, since everytime he brought it up, I changed the topic.It wasn't long before he gleaned why. Am I pushing too hard, Ginevra? If you're not ready, we can wait till you are, he said to me one night, when I was sprawled across his chest, my fingers playing around in his hair. No, I just..., I began, hesitating. I have cold feet is all. And it feels like I'm rushing head first into something blindly.
I Reject You, Mate 61. The Tie
GinMay. I feel so embarrassed, I'd enter the ground if it opens up for me. May was Sinclair's nanny when he was little; and she was the first one to discover what he was.Jimmy and Emily are one of the many children in the orphanage owned by Sinclair, and I feel like shit when the woman puts me on a video call and calls them over to talk to me. And Sinclair.They call him Father only out of respect, and not because the scores of heads that I see on the screen, waving at the camera, are all the children he's had with all his lovers.Fuck, I feel so stupid.May tells me she wishes to meet me in person before she bids us goodbye. Sinclair puts his phone in his pocket and stands, dusting off popcorn from his jacket. "Let's go home.""The movie--""I have no interest in it. Never did," he exhales, walking past me. "I wanted to do this with you, and since you have no interest in it either, there's no use wasting our time here." I follow him up the aisle. "Why are you mad? Admitted
I Reject You, Mate 62. The Tie II
"I can't hear you," he murmurs, feeling my body all the way to my shoulder and something sharp stings my skin and he cuts the tiny strap of my dress and begins yanking it down."Sinclair," I try again as he strips down my dress, leaving only my bra, panties and heels on. My eyes dart up in search of CCTV cameras. Funnily enough, there are none. Shouldn't places like this have one? Or are they hidden? Is someone watching us now? “There are cameras, but they’ve been disabled per my instructions,” Sinclair says as he pulls my panties like a string and I gasp when it smacks back against my clit. Sometimes, I forget that the man can hear my thoughts.I want to ask how he can be so sure, but he yanks down my thong and suddenly slides two fingers into me with taunting slowness. “Sometimes, I wonder if you vex me on purpose, just so I can punish you like this,” he whispers, curling his fingers inside me and he pulls them toward him.Sweat breaks on my forehead and I bite down hard on the han
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I Reject You, Mate 79. Epilogue
NAOMIIt is indeed amusing, more so than I thought it would be.Dane would laugh his head off if he saw me right now, carrying a backpack, strutting down a hallway filled with women who stare at me with wide eyes and men who whistle unabashedly. I know, I look good in leather.I halt by a huge door, peering up at a sentinel who has the sternest stare. “Hello, love. Would you mind opening up for me? I have an appointment with your…principal?”His gaze rakes me from head to toe and rises back again. “Chancellor Vesper,” he mouths slowly, like he’s talking to a kid, and I can’t help the faint smile that blooms across my lips at the notion. The male turns around, and I whistle at how nice his ass looks in uniform. Stepping foot into this land has brought me across the finest specimens I’ve ever seen. There is no end to them. None at all. I step out of my allotted room in castle—hot guards. I walk the streets of Lycanthia—extremely hot villagers. I walk into school—stunning, beautiful and
I Reject You, Mate 78. It's Not Mine, I Swear
It’s not mine, I swear.“I’m sorry,” my husband apologizes for the umpteenth time, dropping a kiss to the curve of my mouth. It’d almost been a mishap. Almost. Had Ethan not swooped in with rings that I’m pretty sure were new; rings I didn’t choose. As if he somehow knew Sinclair was going to lose them, like he did during his wedding with Eliana. I currently have a fucking plan B on my ring finger and the more I look at the more I want to smack him.I purse my lips, refusing to speak to him. I’m not particularly mad, but how does a man forget his own damned wedding rings? Okay, maybe I’m a little irked, and plenty disappointed.Grasping his cool hands tightly, I let him spin me across the floors in an elaborate sweep than earns cheers and I blush, smiling at a clapping Ray. “I’ll murder you later,” I tell Sinclair and Dane chokes on his wine somewhere in the gathering.“I look forward to what method you’ll chose. Your hands are much too small to strangle me. You love me too much to p
I Reject You, Mate 77. Wedding
Three Months Later…GinevraMy fingers are sweaty around Rune’s arm, and my steps are slow, a complete contrast to my racing heartbeat. I cannot, for the life of me, contain my excitement and anxiety. My breaths are shallow, and I can’t get enough air in my lungs.Rune’s larger hand lands on mine, and I glance up, looking through the veil. His green eyes smile as he pats down gently. “Think of tonight. It’ll help.”Tonight. Butterflies scatter in my stomach. It’s not like it’s going to be my first night with Sinclair, but it is my wedding night after all. The first night I’ll spend as Mrs. Winchester. My toes curl in my heels at the thought of it, and maybe, just maybe I start walking a little faster to get it over with.I grin widely as Ethan, dressed in a black tuxedo, gives the huge door a large push and it parts wide enough to reveal the floral petal pathway. Rune takes the first step up, and I follow, blowing a playful kiss at Ethan, whose lips tilt up into a small smile.As I st
I Reject You, Mate 76. Forty Human Years
Fenrir Leaning against the wall, he overlooked the gardens where his mate knelt, tending to the flowers with her bare hands. Her light hair brushed over her cheek and she pushed it back, smearing mud on her porcelain skin. Her eyes were the brightest he’d seen them in days, and he wished he could take her with him.It was for her, after all, that he was doing this for. He would right the only wrong he had done in his life. He would return to the past, and ensure he never even met with the boy’s mother.But Fenrir knew there were consequences and sacrifices to be made if he was going to toy with time. Nothing as drastic as losing his life, but he truly did wonder if the world might have been a better place without him. An awful thought. If he didn’t exist, Hekate wouldn’t have been reborn into Rune’s body and the problem with the Void would never have been resolved. Zephyr would have been mated to some lord who didn’t understand her meek, yet wild nature and desires. The world was
I Reject You, Mate 75. Ginevra
GinevraSinclair bounces the Viper into the driveway later in the afternoon. He kills the engine and I wipe a stray tear from my cheek before he can notice.I reach for the doorknob, but he’s already walking around the car to get it for me. I try to get out on my own, but my feet won’t hold me up. I’m exhausted. Recovering, but still very tired. The physician said the poison was completely gone and a few days of rest would be enough to get me back on my feet. He had insisted that I still stay, but I couldn’t stand being at the castle anymore.“Let me,” Sinclair says softly, hands sliding under my knees as he lifts me up. His face has a nasty grimace when he glances up. “I’m afraid we have guests.”I follow his gaze to the familiar cars parked around the yard and I smile a little. “They must’ve missed you.”“We very well know they’re just busybodies,” he mutters, carrying me inside. “I’ll get the urn when—”“Leave it there,” I whisper, closing my eyes to push another onslaught of tears
I Reject You, Mate 74. Son To Father
SinclairHe walks around his desk, red robe flowing behind him, and he walks past without looking at me. At the last second, he says, "Walk with me, Norman."Norman. The impulse to rip his skin off his bones pounds through me, but I know it'll get me nowhere. I push off the door, trailing behind him slowly as he walks, hand folded behind his back.The silence stretches on for some time before he stops before a huge black door, pressing his palm against it. The door shudders and slides open, revealing a vast orchard. I hesitate at the threshold, but the king continues on, robe dragging across the grass. "If I planned on killing you, you'd be dead already, boy.""You call me boy one more time, I'll kill you," I promise, following behind him.The door shuts with a loud boom and he turns to me. "Give it a try. You know you want to."His eyes taunt me. Try, if you dare, they seem to say. I don't do well with threats or challenges. I lunge for him, my fist connecting with his jaw. The secon
I Reject You, Mate 73. Father To Son
Sinclair“I’ve gotten most of it out, but I’d need to administer the antidote over the next few days. I’d advise you remained at the castle for the time being, lest her condition deteriorates.”“You’re welcome to stay,” the man who I will not call my half-brother says behind me softly, and I ignore him, watching Gin shiver and sob in her sleep. I had barely stepped out of the hall when her body began to spasm in my hands.A quick inspection, and the wound from the arrow stabbed into her shoulder had turned black. Poison. It’d explain why her father died so quickly. An arrow I assume was meant for me.Naomi fidgets by the door, rattling off something to Astrid, even as her gaze keeps darting back to Ginevra. She feels guilty, and that’s a first for Naomi who doesn’t give two fucks about anything or any one else. She talks a lot when she’s nervous, and scared, and right now, even I am frightened. For Gin. She’ll recover from the poison, but I’d never seen her so…lost.A guard suddenly a
I Reject You, Mate 72. Her Kill
The seconds blend together and I’m there, beside my father, unable to breathe, to think a way out—Father’s form begins to morph, crumple, as he shifts. I look up, and the physician is a few feet away, but even I know an arrow in the throat is as fatal as a severed head. Still, I wail and plead. Anything to get it out, anything to get the wound to heal—because it’s not. It’s turning black instead, and it’s spreading so fast, I’m scared to blink, or I’ll lose time again.Father’s eyes, now back to being blue, shift to mine, and for the first time in so many years, I see clarity in them. He starts to talk but blood sputters from his lips, and I place my hands on either of his cheeks. “No, don’t…don’t try to speak.”I feel wet, warm hands on mine, and I look down to see him grasping my fingers tightly. It is odd. It’s been so long, I no longer know what his warm touch feels like, and though it is foreign, I tighten my fingers around his hand, unwilling to let go.In the moments when some
I Reject You, Mate 71. Hell
The air lightens, for everyone else but me. I am bound by his order, and I watch in horror as Sinclair, free once again, tries to grab me. But I suddenly feel invisible fingers around my neck, choking me. I grab my neck, gasping for breath, and Sinclair halts, snarling at King Fenrir. "Let her go!"King Fenrir leans back in his chair, crossing his ankle over his knee. "Get in the ring then." He looks back at Astrid and Naomi. "Try anything funny, and I'll snap her neck." He snaps his fingers and my head starts to move in the wrong direction. "It's really that easy."Growling, turns in the opposite direction and pulls a sword out of a guard's hostler and he's in the ring before my neck can actually snap.The king's hold on me lessens enough to turn my head forward and watch them and I exhale deeply, breathing hard and sobbing.An elder I recognize--I'm too shaken up to remember what the fuck his name is--starts rambling off the rules that no one ever adheres to. I try reaching Sinclai
